2 Fetuses Found Inside Car's Glove Compartment

April 08, 1993|By Andrew Martin.

Ingleside — An anonymous caller told police late Tuesday that two fetuses were hidden in a brown Ford.

Lake County Sheriff's deputies found the car just before midnight and, after obtaining the owner's consent to search the vehicle, discovered two 10-week-old fetuses in a plastic bag in the glove compartment, said Lt. Chester Iwan.

The owner of the car told police that she put the fetuses there at the request of a 19-year-old woman from Ingleside who had been pregnant with them, Iwan said. The two women had planned to bury the fetuses later, he said.

The woman who had been pregnant told investigators that she had miscarried Monday morning and was treated later that day at St. Therese Medical Center in Waukegan for severe hemorrhaging. She had also been treated for stomach cramps Sunday at Northern Illinois Medical Center in McHenry.

Iwan said it is unlikely that charges will be filed against the woman who was pregnant. But police are still investigating and have subpoenaed records from both hospitals, Iwan said.